LEARNING TO REMEMBER - REMEMBERING TO LEARN (Deuteronomy)

LEARNING TO REMEMBER - REMEMBERING TO LEARN (Deuteronomy)

The knowledge of God is life’s most important knowledge. - WARREN WIERSBE 

  God declares His Word through chosen servants like Moses, and He expects His people to listen to the Word, remember it, and obey it. Just as Israel is a people of the Word, so the church today is a people of the Word. Our faith isn’t something that we manufactured ourselves, because it was graciously given to us in the Word of the Lord. God’s Word is our life, and apart from that Word, we cannot know God, know the will of God, or worship and serve God acceptably. God’s commandments are God’s enablements. We’re privileged to have the written Word in our own language and to enjoy the freedom to read it and share it with others. Like Israel, the church must be a “people of the Word,” for everything we need for life and godliness is found in the inspired Word of God (2 Peter 1:3; 2 Tim. 3:16–17). - WARREN WIERSBE  

As God’s children, we need to confess that apart from God’s grace, nothing good dwells in us (Rom. 7:18), and that our fallen nature can’t be changed. “That which is born of the flesh is flesh” (John 3:6)—and it always will be flesh! The ability to sin is still with us, but we should have less of an appetite to sin. Through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and the Word (John 17:17; 2 Cor. 3:18), our inner person should conform more and more to Christ, desiring and delighting in the things of God. - WARREN WIERSBE  

The spiritual lesson that stands out is that we must be equipped by the Lord to face the challenges and opportunities of the future. That equipping comes from hearing His Word, cherishing it, and obeying it. While there are some things we must forget, there are also some things that we must remember if we’re to please and glorify the Lord and accomplish the work He’s given us to do. - WARREN WIERSBE